ok so i'm going about setting up combined articulations (not to mention some handy macros for applying them from the selection tool) but i've realize i don't have symbols for:
mezzo-staccato accent mezzo-staccato strong accent stacatissimo accent stacatissimo strong accent i have no idea what approach i should take in choosing appropriate fonts that might have these symbols--any suggestions? On 25/11/2007, dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christopher Smith wrote: > > > > On Nov 25, 2007, at 12:48 PM, Jari Williamsson wrote: > > > >> Christopher Smith wrote: > >> > >>> Could you give me a clue? As far as I can see, you can affect attack, > >>> key velocity, or duration, and you can affect top and bottom notes > >>> separately as far as the amount goes, but you can't have more than > >>> one option active at a time. > >>> What would I have to do to say, have a marcato both shorten duration > >>> AND increase key velocity? I always did it before with a second > >>> invisible articulation for the other option. > >> > >> Just use the dropdown and enter the values, they'll stick even when > >> they are invisible. > >> FWIW, recent versions of Finale has "correct" (=multiple) settings in > >> the default files for things like accent+staccato. > >> > >> If anyone finds this UI unintuitive ;-), feel free to send a request > >> to MM... > > > > > > Well, I'll be... > > > > I have been kludging this for YEARS! > > > > I think I'll send a little note (number 847 of... well I don't know when > > it will end) to gently suggest that this might not be the best interface > > design... > > > > Don't -- they'll just add your note to the huge and growing number of > notes they print out and stamp with a huge GOTCHA! stamp. Then at the > annual Christmas party they simply read them out and cackle outrageously > as each additional message gets angrier and angrier. > > I can hear them now: "Oh, stop it, man, you're killing me. I just > spilled my thirteenth beer! Don't read any more messages from > Christopher Smith -- man, that guy knows how to write one scathing tech > support note, I'm telling you. And he thinks we care and actually pass > these things along! Oh, god, my side hurts I've been laughing so hard! > Wait'll we read these at the annual Tech Support convention -- we're > SURE to win the gold medal this time!" > > I gave up with those sorts of complaints -- they know their interface > sucks. And if they don't know it, they sure aren't going to realize it > when you or I complain about it. > > > -- > David H. Bailey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
